Non-refillable bottle.



PATENTED AUG. ll. 1908.

U. A.l NEWNOM., NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE. APPLICATION FILED P8818, 1908.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

URIE A. NEWNOM, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO DANIEL SNYDER AND ONE-THIRD TO DAVID W. LEVY, SR., OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 11, 1908.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, URIE A. NEwNoM, a citizen of the United States, residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Non-Refillable Bottles, of which the following is specification.

My invention relates to bottle attachments designed to prevent the reiilling of the same, and the object of my invention is to provide means for application to a bottle after initial filling that will be of such a character as to permit the discharge ofthe contents, but will serve to prevent the entrance of liquid past such obstructing means after the bottle has been emptied.

My invention is fully shown in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1, is a sectional elevation of aportion of a iilled bottleand obstructing means therefor made in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2, is a similar sectional view showing the bottle in an inclined position discharging its contents; Fig. 3, is a similar sectional view of the bottle when empty, showing the im ossibility of filling the same; Fig. 4, is an en arged sectional view, taken on the line (L -c, Fig. 1, and Figs. 5 and 6, are detached perspective views of the structure.

In the drawings herewith, 1 represents a portion of a bottle which may have a body of ordinary shape and a neck, indicated at 2, which is slightly enlarged above the shoulder of the bottle to accommodate the means Jfor obstructing the entrance of liquid after that originally contained Within the bottle been discharged.

In practice, the bottle is to be illed without any of the obstructing members in the neck of the same, which members are to be placed therein after such lling. The members making up the obstructing means forming the subject of my invention are as follows: The enlarged portion of the bottle neck forms a seat 3, and adapted to this seat is a cup-shaped element 4, having a projection 5 to guide it into place. To insure a tight joint with such seat, said projection carries a gasket 6. Disposed above the cup-shaped member 4, is a movable member 7 having projections 8 and 9, at each end ofthe same, with a central enlarged portion loosely iitting the has neck of the bottle. The lower projection 8 of this member has a series of apertures 10 in its end communicating with a central passage 11, which extends entirely through the member and upper projection 9. As this member is loosely mounted in the bottle, it is desirable, under the conditions indicated in Eig. 4 to close the space between the body portion and the inner wall of the neck. For this purpose I provide a gasket 12 which is carried by the upper projection 9.

Mounted in the mouth of the bottle s o as to retain the obstructing members in place, is a plug or closure 15, preferably sealed in the neck by any suitable means, such as indicated at 16, and having a central discharge aperture 17. The plug is recessed at 18 on its under side so as to it over the upper projection 9 of the member 7, and its discharge passage 17 is normally closed by a-screw cap 19, such as indicated in the drawings.

To discharge the contents of the bottle, it is only necessary to dislodge the member 4 from its seat the cap 19 being first removed, when the liquid will pour out of the bottle in the manner shown in Fig. 2, through the passages noted. After the bottle has been emptied in this manner, it is quite impossible to pass any liquid into the same, as it can not enter Without moving the member from its seat, and, as has been indicated, there are no means of accomplishing this. Should an attempt be made to iill the bottle in the manner, for instance, illustrated in Fig. 3, the pressure will move the member 7 into contact with the member 4, holding the latter to its seat while the gasket 12 will assist in such action.

I claim:

1. The combination with a bottle having a seat within its neck, of a movable closure for said neck adapted to said seat, an apertured plug in the mouth of said neck, and an apertured member disposed between said plug and closure through which liquid may pass when the closure is unseated.

2. The combination with a bottle having a seat within its neck, of a movable closure for said neck adapted to said seat, an apertured plug in the mouth of said neck, an apertured member loosely mounted in said neck .in the portion Within central bore, and an apertured plugin the between said plug and closure through which liquid may pass When the closure is unseated, and a gasket for said apertured member.

3. The combination with a bottle having a seat Within its neck, of a movable cupshaped closure adapted to said seat, a gasket carried by said closure, a member disposed in the neck of the bottle and having a portion Within said closure, said member being cen-A trally bored and having a series of apertures the closure joining the mouth of the bottle, said plug havingarecess` for the upper projection of the central apertured member, and a closure for said plug'.

5. The combination With a bottle having a neck, of a movable closure within said neck, an apertured member disposed loosely above the closure and substantially filling the spaceof the neck, a gasket carried by said member and retaining means disposed' in the mouth of said bottle neck.

6. The combination With a bottle having a neck and a seat formed therein, of a movable closure adapted to said seat, a gasket for said closure, an apertured member disposed loosely above the closure and substantially filling the space of the neck, a gasket for said apertured member andr retaining means disposed in the mouth of said bottleneck.

7. In a non-refillable bottle, the combination of a bottle neck having a seat, an apertured plug fitting the mouth of the bottle, and a pair of movable members forming obstructions to prevent the ingress of li uid disposed inY said neck, one of said mem ers adapted' to the seat of said neck and the other member being apertured throughout its length for the egress of liquid.

8. In a non-rellable bottle, the combination of a bottle neck having a seat, an aper`- tured plug fitting the mouth o1E the bottle, a closure` therefor, a pair of movable members forming obstructions to prevent the ingress of liquid disposed in said neck, one of said members adapted to the seat of said neck and the other member being apertured throughout its length for the egress of liquid, and a gasket carried b f the member resting on the seat of said neck.

9. In a non-refillable bottle, the combination of a bottle neck having a seat, an apertured plug sealed into the mouth ofthe bottle, a pair of movable members forming obstructions to prevent the ingress of liquid loosely mounted in said neck between the seat and plug, one of said members adapted to the seat of said neck and the other member being apertured throughout its length for the egress of liquid, a gasket carried by the member resting on the seat of the neck, and a gasket carried by the apertured member and contacting With the inner Wall of said neck.

10. In a non-refill'able bottle, the combination oi a bottle neck having a seat, an apertured plug fitting the mou-th of the bottle, a pair of movable members mounted in said neck and forming obstructions to prevent tlre ingress of liquid, one of said members being cup-shaped and adapted to the seat, and the other member being centrally apertured.

11. In a non-refillable bottle, the combination of a bottle neck having a seat, an apertured plug fitting the mouth of the bottle, a pair of movable members mounted' in said neck and forming obstructions to prevent the ingress of liquid, one of said members being cup-shaped and adapted to the seat, the other member' being centrally apertured, and projections carried by said apertured member, one of said projections seating in the cup-shaped member When the bottle is in one position and the other seating in the plug When in another position.

12. In a non-refilla-ble bottle, the combination of a bottle neck having a seat, an apertured plug fitting the mouth of the bottle,

a pair of movable members mounted in said" neck and forming obstructions to prevent the ingress of liquid, one of said members being cup-shaped and adapted" to the seat, means carried thereby to enable it to find said seat, a gasket carried thereby, the other member being centrally apertured, and a gasket carried thereby.

13. The combination With a bottle having a neck, of a movable closure Within said neck, an 'apertured member loosely mounted With'- in the neck above said closure, an apertured plug in the mouth of the bottle, and a closure for said plug.

14. The combination With a bottle having aneck and a seat formed therein, of a movable closure adapted to said seat, a gasket for said closure, an apertured member loosely mounted in the neck above said closure, a gasket forsaid aperturedv member, an apertured plug in the mouth of the bottle, and a closure for said plug.

15. The combination with a bottle having a neck and a seat formed therein, of a movable cup-shaped .closure adapted to said seat, a projection carried by said closure, a gasket tting said projection, an apertured member l In testimony whereof, I have signed my loosely mounted in the neck above said cloname to this specification, in the presence of sure, projections carried by said apertured two subscribing Witnesses.-

member, a gasket carried by one of said pro- URIE NEWNOM. .5 jections, an apertured plug, sealed into the Witnesses: l

mouth of the-bottle, and a closure for said MURRAY C. BOYER,

plug. Jos. H. KLEIN. 

